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    Anyone else having issues with BBC Website?

    Every time i view a new page on BBC website i get a Notification from Avast saying malware Strange.

    If i knew how to put an pic up i would

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    Re: Anyone else having issues with BBC Website?

    nope, nothing wrong my end, i'm using avast aswell.

    have you run a malware scan using malwarebytes?

    clear out all your cookies and internet cache, could be a rogue file in your temp folder aswell.

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    Re: Anyone else having issues with BBC Website?

    Looks like its a common issue today ;

    http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/forums/1/...op-up-warning/

    Seems to be resolved now - probably a false positive or similar

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    Re: Anyone else having issues with BBC Website?

    Its gone now as of 15.09pm for me, panic over . I use chrome not Firefox, not sure if this makes a difference. Thanks for reply.

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    Re: Anyone else having issues with BBC Website?

    I haven't yet but i normally do that, but its now fixed. Apparently affected Firefox users, Strange.

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    Re: Anyone else having issues with BBC Website?

    Didn't notice anything with Pale Moon, I have been using the latest beta version of the site though, and I use a good hosts file.

    EDIT: it looks like it was the feedback URL that Avast was complaining about, ecustomeropinions survey.

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